(04/19/2011 02:02 PM), David Chanters wrote: > hi all, > > when i split a window in tmux, and i select some contents in a pane, i > can currently select beyond the boundary of the split. is there a way > to make tmux to box the select to not go outside the split region - > much like how selecting works in Vim with split windows, for example.
That behavior is proof positive that you're not using tmux's selection ability, you're using your host terminal's. Use tmux's "copy-mode" command. Of course, this will only use tmux's internal buffers, not X's, so you may need additional tools to get it into your X copy buffer or whatnot. I use this binding: bind-key > send-keys 'Enter' \; save-buffer /tmp/.tmux-exchange \; run-shell 'xsel -i < /tmp/.tmux-exchange; xsel -i -b < /tmp/.tmux-exchange' (sorry, my mailer wrapped it, hopefully you'll figure it out.) It lets me do <prefix> ">" to end a copy-mode selection (done via keyboard), and copy the results to the X buffers. If you prefer to use your mouse in copy-mode, then you'll already have exited copy-mode when you release the mouse, so you may want to remove that initial "send-keys 'Enter' \;" from the binding. -- HTH, Micah J. Cowan http://micah.cowan.name/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
